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[TouchPad General] connor-:
What did you mean by "deer turd for an HP TouchPad" did you end on the /ROM screen? Gonna try this to recover when I have enough charge :D Thanks for putting this together.
[TouchPad General] rr5678:
Nope. I didn't end on the palm.com/ROM screen. No matter what WebOS Doctor I ran, it would result in a non-booting TouchPad.

But I assume this will also fix the palm.com/ROM problem too. I can't test that because my TouchPad is being sent to El Paso, TX to remove dust from under the screen.
[TouchPad General] connor-:
You can not understand how much I love you right now :D Worked first time! Thank you SO much :D

EDIT: 3.0.0 didn't work :( booted into language selection but touchscreen wouldn't work :( trying 3.0.5 now :)

EDIT 2: oh i know why touchscreen won't work :P No fault of your thing :P I didn't get the touch connector back in properly, my bad :P Thanks so much :D
[TouchPad General] hajalie24:
Thanks, this really saved me.
[TouchPad General] StephenMilone:
worked for me after tribooting archlinux botched CM9 from reading the usb storage.

I can't stress the quoted part enough. use 3.0.0! I didn't care about downgrading so i tried 3.0.5, no dice on multiple machines...that's 25 minutes of frustration i won't get back.
[TouchPad General] theman30:
HP Touchpad Won't Boot (Triangle with (!) on the screen)

Hello everyone,

I hope everyone is doing well. Let me break down my story. I bought HP TouchPad 16GB from eBay yesterday. The device is in great condition. However, the seller did not provide the information that there was CM9 on the tablet. There was also warranty which I did not know. I plugged it to charge, and it turned on and booted into CM9. There was still old data and apps, but Android Market did not work. Anyways, I uninstalled with ACMEUninstaller. I turned it on and then I used webOS doctor 3.0.5 to upgrade from 3.0.4. Everything went perfect and it was upgraded. Now I will list what I did step by step and what happened.

Step 1: I plugged it into my laptop, and on the device I selected use as USB drive. However, the laptop did not recognize. When I clicked the F: disk, it asked me if I wanted to format. Unfortunately, I did because otherwise I did not have access.

Step 2: I went back to device, and saw some apps missing. Then, I believe I did one of the reset options. At some point here, there was no app at all except browser. I thought I could use webOS doctor 3.0.5 to restore everything back.

Step 3: I run the webOS doctor, and then it stuck at 12%. I had to unplug it, and at that point, I had a triangle with "!"

I followed the instructions here, and everything went smoothly until I used webOS doctor 3.0.0. When I run it, it does charging thing (whatever it is), then disconnects and on the device, the power cord sign appears.

I tried to use other webOS doctor versions, they start but at 8%, it tells me "we were unable to reset your device". What should I do right now?

I am so frustrated and angry with myself that why I messed up. I am not sure if it can be back to life. HP support told me the repair cost is $230 which is more than what I expected. I contacted to the seller, but now it seems like my fault. I believe what caused USB drive problem is CM9 in the first place because even if you uninstall, there are still something left.

I really don't know what to do at this point.

I will really appreciate if anyone can be of help.

Thank you.

UPDATE: I was able to get my TP back to life! I think this helped. I really don't know what happened but I got 3.0.0 Doctor worked out. It might have been the charge issue. I really don't know. Now, I am trying to upgrade to 3.0.5 with air. Hopefully, that will work. Thanks again! :)
[TouchPad General] HansTWN:
I recovered the space from my Ubuntu partition. Now WebOS info shows 64 GB again (I have the white one). But in Windows (when I use the USB drive from WebOS or CM9) and Android the system only shows the original size before recovering the space from the Ubuntu partition. What can I do to use all the available space again? I mostly run CM9 now, anyway.
[TouchPad General] geniused:
i40.tinypic.com/o20q0.jpg

So i wanted to completely remove cm7 to install cm9. I did exactly everything listed, now the tp is in this loop.

if i try and load novaterm it connects but i can't type anything (its just a blank black box that just says connect on bottom)

if i try to run webosdoctor, it gives the "battery charging then phone disconnected screen"

no idea what i should do next :confused::confused:
[TouchPad General] N!njaDuck:
Are you in the loader mode when you connect to webosdoctor?

Hold down power and the home key until it reboots. When the screen goes black, press and hold the volume up until a USB looking symbol shows up. Plug in and webosdoctor should recognize the device. If it does not, you probably do not have the Novacom drivers installed.

Install the SDK or the stand alone drivers that you can find with google.

Hope this helps.
[TouchPad General] ve6ay:
Or you could use the WebOS Quick Installer - it installs JUST the Novacom and Novaterm drivers for the Touchpad. Honestly, this is the fastest way to get the drivers on your PC, without having to download a 300MB SDK.

If it isn't at the start of this thread, you can find it at http://forums.webosnation.com/canuck-coding/274461-webos-quick-install-v4-4-0-a.html. That's the most recent version, and it is awesome. Plus it allows you to install homebrew apps on WebOS later, if you need / want to.
[TouchPad General] Fed4Lyfe:
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[TouchPad General] ve6ay:
You don't use that command within novaterm - you gotta do that before.

So, what you do is open a command prompt (I'm assuming windows), so hit Start => Run => cmd (enter)

Then, type the word PATH, and see if you have anything in the thing there that says something along the lines of \Program Files\java\jre6\bin (or \Program Files (x86)\java\jre6\bin). If you don't, you need to run one of the following lines:

PATH=%PATH%;"C:\Program Files\java\jre6\bin" <== use this if you are on a 32-bit windows

PATH=%PATH%;"C:\Program Files (x86)\java\jre6\bin" <== use this is you are on a 64-bit windows

Once you have done that, you can run the NovaTerm, by typing: C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc\terminal\novaterm.bat

That'll start up the Novaterm for you (assuming you installed it, like with QuickInstall that I linked, or with the SDK. If you downloaded it somewhere else, start that one FROM WITHIN THE COMMAND PROMPT)

Hope that helps, mate.
[TouchPad General] netkillercat:
Thanks Dude Crystal Clear

Big up Crystal Clear instrutions
[TouchPad General] rockynewsmaster:
Great directions!! Saved my life!

I coudlnt get novaterm to run no matter which fix I tried. So instead while in novacom in your terminal, run " novacom $* -t open tty://0" and that opened novaterm right up for me!

And just a really tiny suggestion, but is there any way to make the image file not hosted on 4shared as they now require a login to download a file. If not, then that's totally OK!!

Thanks for the hard work!

Sent from XDA Premium on my Emancipated Infuse w/ Eternis Verus
[TouchPad General] rr5678:
I didn't host the file but I'll get on that. Thanks for letting me know that something screwy was going on.
[TouchPad General] rr5678:
And........................fixed
[TouchPad General] faze2:
Does anyone have a mirror to the WebOS Doctor 3.0 file? The link is down at the moment.

EDIT: NVM the link went backup...
[TouchPad General] djteiwaz:
So not sure if anyone can help. Tried these instructions and others to try and get a fix and nothing has worked. My touchpad is stuck on May 1st. Every time I reset the device it starts off at May 1st and everything has to refresh. When connected to the computer, I can remove files but not put files on. I couldn't remove Android and nothing has worked so I tried sending in to HP. They called and said that the warranty is void because of the Android OS and wanted $239 to fix.

When going down these instructions everything works until I start entering commands into Novaterm. It states it deleted "store" but when rebuilding "store" it says:

Looks like it really isn't deleting "store" from the touchpad. Is there a different way to format or fix the flash memory? I have a feeling it is a hardware problem. I love the touchpad but will be hesitant to buy another and put Android on it if this is going to be an issue. Any suggestions are welcome.
[TouchPad General] rockynewsmaster:
Just a quick check are you using the right size volume, for instance 16 gig instructions versus 32 gig instructions

sent from xda premium on my infuse running Uniporn Threesome
[TouchPad General] Jenericg:
I am having this same issue.

I get to:

root@webos-device:/dev# lvm.static vgcreate -s 8M store /dev/mmcblk0p14

/dev/store: already exists in filesystem

New volume group name "store" is invalid

Run `vgcreate --help' for more information

Not sure where to go from here.
[TouchPad General] ve6ay:
From what you're saying, I've had that problem once, and it's because I forgot the command:

lvm.static vgremove store

Third command down in the 16GB instructions. Once you delete the Store, you can re-create it.
[TouchPad General] Jenericg:
Thanks for the reply.

I have run thru the commands numerous times. Seems that the store is not actually being removed.

Almost like the files are all locked.

Any other Ideas?
[TouchPad General] soneracar:
I am soooo stuck

I followed everything in the guide but stuck where it says to doctor it with 3.0.0. I keep getting error insufficaint charge (25%) but the problem is when I plug it in it will charge some and then start rebooting. Can I bypass that stupid battery low warning error message?
[TouchPad General] lovenokia:
is there any easier method, cause there have been problems with android in my touchpad, i uninstalled and webos doctored it(3.0.5) but still have the same problems in android.
[TouchPad General] dajogejr:
Just followed it step by step...and it worked like a charm.

I've been meaning to start from a fresh slate...perfect.

I actually copied and pasted all the instructions/line items into Novaterm instead of typing them. Worked perfectly!

Thank you!!
[TouchPad General] gaww:
rr5678 - thanks a bunch - this saved my ass. i thought I had bricked tit while fooling around in Android with TWRP.

I followed you script and like the previous poster, cut and pasted the commands. I now have a functional recovered machine again.

I only went as far as webosdoctor 3.0.0 and then let it update itself to 3.0.5.86
[TouchPad General] mattman5000:
Were you ever able to solve this? I also have the same issue.
[TouchPad General] Hazeno:
Ok guys, having a serious issue here and it is beginning to drive me barmy!

Novaterm.bat refuses to find javaw.exe no matter what i try. These are the things i have done.

Loaded classpath in environment variables and checked it is in the registry before trying to run .bat. This still gives the error.

Loaded classpath in CMD before running .bat. This still gives the error.

Uninstalled Java7 installed Java6, Using Ccleaner to remove all old traces, removed the classpath i put into environment variables then installed java 6, This gives the same error.

Did points 1 and 2 again but this time using jre6 as my reference point not jre7 and both give the same error.

It seems javaws REFUSES to be found! Any ideas?

UPDATE - Fixed it by putting a copy of javaw into the same folder as Novaterm, And it worked flawlessly. Win7 x64
[TouchPad General] ve6ay:
Did you try adding it to not just the CLASSPATH, but the PATH itself ? I know it's stupid to ask, but it's what I had to do.

---------- Post added at 06:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:54 PM ----------

@JenericG, I'm sorry, I don't have another suggestion - does it give you any output when you tell it to remove it ? It should say something like it's removed. Try removing it, then doing the same command again, see if it throws an error ? I'm not sure.

Try letting it get to boot, then put it into CWM / TWRM recovery or WebOS (if you can choose). That should let it charge enough to then go back and do these steps.
[TouchPad General] Hazeno:
Just to update your post, yes i added it to path and classpath. Had no luck at all. But sticking a copy of the javaw.exe in the folder works a treat everytime :S
[TouchPad General] jhego:
After running the command:

lvm.static lvcreate -l 71 -i 1 -M y --major 254 --minor 0 -n root store

I am getting the error:

/bin/sh: 71: not found

Volume group name - has invalid characters

Please help.
[TouchPad General] newellj79:
This is exactly what I am looking to do to my 32gb TouchPad. However I run Ubuntu and am wondering if this method works the same on it?
[TouchPad General] soneracar:
Turns out it was the cable giving all this hell.
[TouchPad General] fac7orx:
Same here please help :(. I also tried using another cable (I had a spare one from another touchpad).
[TouchPad General] newellj79:
Hmm, thread appears to be about dead. Anyways I was about to start trying to fumble my way thru doing this on Ubuntu but when I run novacom or novaterm it says unable to communicate with server. I'm assuming I have a bad cable? Thanks for the help.

edit. reinstalling novacom took care of it. The directions in this thread were awesome! Thanks!
[TouchPad General] MaSmBx:
Anyone that may need WebOS Doctor 3.0.0, here's a thread to download link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771976
[TouchPad General] rr5678:
I know, I know. I've been neglecting this thread, but I've fixed all the links and made sure they work now. So have fun.

P.S.: What is it with these crappy smilies they have now? Where are the old ones?
[TouchPad General] :
Holly F**k, S**t, C**t, Mother****ing, B***h!!! This is a nightmare... why did i think this would be fun... It does not turn out at all like described!:mad:
[TouchPad General] :
WebOS Doctor 3.0 kicks me off at 12%! Almost all the command lines come up with a status 5 error... I am giving up on 3.0 and trying 3.0.5 now. I don't know that it has the ability to re-partition though...
[TouchPad General] rr5678:
Do you have that read-only problem where nothing can be changed?
[TouchPad General] :
Well... it does not want to go past 12% on either 3.0 or 3.0.5. I don't know what to do...

I just get a triangle with exclamation mark and website for palm.

---------- Post added at 01:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:21 AM ----------

I went through and removed any volumes through novaterm, and then was able to recreate them using the commands you specified. But now I am below 25% battery, so I am being forced to stop and charge again. (I have been at this since 4:00pm and it is now 1:35am):eek:

---------- Post added at 01:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:36 AM ----------

OMG, it is working now... I guess the idea all along was to go through and hit "y" for removing each volume... and then recreate them systematically with the new specified sizes... :good:

But you didn't say anything in the tutorial about hitting yes to each command, only to follow the instructions exactly...

---------- Post added at 02:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:42 AM ----------

Wow, I can just feel how squeaky clean the file system is! Thanks!
[TouchPad General] zim2dive:
I'm having trouble with novaterm...

I downloaded the app from the link.. extracted to my desktop.. do I need to install the DLL?

novaterm launches.. and connects.. I get the roo@webos-device prompt.. but every time I type (or attempt to paste) I get

"Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue the application will ignore his error....... Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow"

short version is that it happens with EVERY keypress.. like some kind of busted IRQ handler...

any ideas

EDIT: could I simply use some other TERM program (ie. I have putty installed).. I'd just need to know the connect speed/settings?

EDIT2: I was able to connect via novacom... novacom open tty:// = novaterm
[TouchPad General] :
Yup... that's what happened to me as well.
[TouchPad General] P00PDOG:
Files not deleting no mastter what we try........

Actually I am having this issue. Have been through all iterations of instructions throughout XDA and other sites but no luck.

I am noticing a lot of folks having this exact issue. It can’t be all hardware failure, there has to be a bit in the firmware that got switched during the process of CM7 or CW recovery that makes store read only or something like that. chmod doesn't work vgremove doesn't work, or it thinks it works but actually doesn't. there has to be a way to remove files permanently. I can boot into web os recovery, I can boot into CW recovery, I can boot into CM7. When in either recovery mode, I can’t delete anything and have it take past a reboot, and I can't boot webos. When I try to it does the boot loop. My friend who this tablet belongs to just wants to upgrade to CM9 or webos whatever. I am assuming that most likely I am SOL here.
[TouchPad General] :
So nothing happens for you in Novaterm? When it asked if you want to delete the partition you click yes, and it does nothing?
[TouchPad General] zim2dive:
My 1st time thru.. NOT realizing anything would ask a question, I copied and pasted the whole block in to novaterm... oops.

The 2nd time I carefully copied and pasted each line by itself.. never asked me a single @#%#@%^@% question :)

I dunno. It _seems_ like it all worked, but I also wouldn't be shocked if something wasn't 100% right with the result.

I had 27GB free according to WebOS after I ran WebOS Doctor.

Just posting so others can correct and learn from my potential mistake.
[TouchPad General] thanigaivel:
I have a 32gb TP, and installed Classic Nerd. Currently struck in a boot loop problem. Unable to boot android. But webos is working fine.

Hence wanted to go back to factory setting.

Followed the instruction to the letter, got the following error in Novaterm

root@webos-device:/# lvm.static vgcreate -s 8M store /dev/mmcblk0p14

/dev/store: already exists in filesystem

New volume group name "store" is invalid

Run `vgcreate --help' for more information.

But continued as per the instruction and doctored 3.0 Struck in 12% and getting the following error.

I live in India hence will not be even able to send it back to HP.
[TouchPad General] :
It does not tell you in the instructions that you want to answer "yes" to all those questions it is asking you. You will then delete the partitions and recreate them using the instructions, and you'll get past the 12% error!
[TouchPad General] DBak451:
This information should be added to the OP as I was going through hell trying to get novaterm to work. I tried every pointer I could find but no matter what I did, any key I pressed on the keyboard would bring this error up "arithmetic overflow error." Then I finally found something that worked, if anything I think the novaterm step should be removed and just put this down as this seems to for sure work.

After doing the novacom mem...... command

Type novacom -t open tty://

You will stay in the command prompt but will now see the root terminal line for the Touchpad, and you can continue typing the rest of the commands in to reset it. This worked perfectly for me, in case anyone was running into a similar problem to me.

Thanks for the detailed instructions though OP, I've been really wanting to fully restore my TP and start from scratch, it's gotten quite cluttered over the time I've had it and it's been bugging me.

P.S. - I didn't stop to think whether the OP instructions would work with the method I used, since they only have you install novacom and novaterm, so I'm guessing that the TTY option may not work. Well if that is the case, then just install the latest Java Development Kit for your version of Windows, as well as the latest HP webOS SDK/PDK for your version of Windows, which can both be found easily by searching for the corresponding website. Hopefully this helps someone.
[TouchPad General] chicle_11:
I am getting this same error message. I went through the whole thread but could not find an answer.

Any suggestions?
[TouchPad General] :
It is not actually deleting the partitions, maybe try the nova term that comes with the palm drivers...
[TouchPad General] hummer010:
I just did this today, and it all worked perfectly!

Thank you to the OP!
[TouchPad General] chicle_11:
This worked for me.

Thanks.
[TouchPad General] thejoos:
Followed the guideline and worked. I was playing with boot image and messed up partition and consequently was in boot loop. This guide saved my touchpad.
[TouchPad General] thanigaivel:
Removed my existing novacom drivers, installed from opensource.palm.

Tried the nova term of the new drivers.

Result was same. Its not deleting the partition.

Have i done the right thing or should i do something else
[TouchPad General] bilbo6209:
Im stuck at 8%

I hope someone is still monitoring this thread....

I was starting to have some goofy rebooting issues with my TouchPad (mainly when watching videos, or playing a more graphic intensive game) so I figured it was time to wipe my TouchPad and start clean.... I was running an older CM9 nightly, and had updated it 10+ times with nighties over top the existing nightly. I got what I think was the latest Acmeuninstaller, and followed the directions for running it, the double pengiun screen only showed for a couple seconds (I expected it to show much longer) but I assumed it was good. I went in to WebOS and created the CMinstall folder, copied the needed files, and kicked off the CM9 install.... on boot I still had all my apps and settings, ok weird... I went through the acmeuninstaller again, same thing only a few seconds and back to the MoBoot screen :confused: decided that the Touchpad needed to be WebOS DR'ed to really clean everything off. Ran through all the "normal steps" and the DR kicked me out at 8%... tried several times with same results. noticed MoBoot was still there so I ran AcmeUninstaller again and this time the double penguin page stayed up about as long as I would expect and MoBoot was gone, but now WebOS is gone too, boots to HP screen and hangs.... I found this forum post and followed teh directions in the first post. I rebooted into HP recovery and tried DR again, 8% rejected again :( I found alot of other pages that either say to do the same steps I have just followed or to do the last couple lines of the directions I just followed to correct the 8% crash. :( I am hoping that someone else has seen this same issue and has some ideas what else I can try to revive my poor TouchPad....

BTW I am attempting to use WebOS Doctor 3.0.5 if that matters.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I really dont want to go out and buy a new tablet (OK I do Want to go get a new tablet, but my check book doesnt agree with buying a new one LOL)

I will add to this later when I am home and can give a line by line list of what is on the screen when following the directions. I dont remember seeing anything prompting me for a y/n response either.

Bill
[TouchPad General] bilbo6209:
Followed directions again and this time it worked, not sure why it didnt work the first 6 times I tried it.

Thank you RR5678!!
[TouchPad General] Jondoeiowa:
Need Help

I must be doing something wrong, I've downloaded all the files. Extracted the one installed the other, moved the file into the palm folder, but I cannot get any of the run commands to work.... Does anyone have the time to walk me through it on Skype or something? Thank you in advance.
[TouchPad General] ve6ay:
Make sure when you do these steps you are using the 3.0.0 doctor. It is the only one that deals with the partitions properly.

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